Truth has always had many loud proclaimers, but the question is whether a person will in the deepest sense acknowledge the truth, allow it to permeate his whole being, accept all its consequences, and not have an emergency hiding place for himself and a Judas kiss for the consequence. Soren Kierkegaard (1813 – 1855)
As the worm, crawling in the dust of the earth, cannot rise like the eagle above the clouds, so the self-willing thought of man, wandering in the labyrinth of conflicting opinions, does not enter the realm of eternal truth. Jacob Boehme (1575 – 1624)
Neither animal nor reasoning man can create God, but the lilybud of divinity unfolds itself in man by its own power. Jacob Boehme (1575 – 1624)
There is a secret conspiracy between all “insides” and all “outsides”, and the conspiracy is this: To look as different as possible and yet underneath to be identical. Alan Watts (1915 – 1973)
The myths underlying our culture and our common sense have not taught us to feel identical with the universe, but only with parts of it. Alan Watts (1915 – 1973)
Like a stone in a shoe which he stubbornly refuses to remove, the fault still remains in his character when he stubbornly insists on blaming things or condemning persons for its consequences. Paul Brunton (1898 – 1981)
My life and death I have put equally Into thy hand; Let not rewards, nor hopes, Be cast into the scale to turn thy faith. Be honest but for virtue’s sake, that’s all. He, that has such a Treasure, cannot fall. William Shakespeare (1564 – 1616)
Do not cheat thy Heart and tell her, “Grief will pass away, hope for fairer times in future, and forget to-day.” — Tell her, if you will, that sorrow need not come in vain; tell her that the lesson taught her far outweighs the pain. Adelaide Anne Procter (1825 – 1864)
Whenever you find a man who says he doesn’t believe in a real Right and Wrong, you will find the same man going back on this a moment later. C. S. Lewis (1898 – 1963)
When the mind is silent, when it is no longer projecting itself into the future, wishing for something; when the mind is really quiet, profoundly peaceful, the unknown comes into being. You don’t have to search for it. You cannot invite it. That which you can invite is only that which you know. You cannot invite an unknown guest. You […]
